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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 25, 2010Dakota County, Goodhue County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2010, 7:33 PM CDT for Dakota County, Goodhue County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2010, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Dakota County, MN, Goodhue County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 25, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2010-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1350 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2010-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1350 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1067 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.6
Supercell composite
13.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

656 
WFUS53 KMPX 260033
TORMPX
MNC037-049-260100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0043.100626T0033Z-100626T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
733 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEAST DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHERN GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 731 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 2 MILES WEST OF
  MIESVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  WELCH...
  GOODHUE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON RADAR...IT MEANS THAT
STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY
BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

&&

LAT...LON 4455 9300 4469 9284 4469 9272 4463 9263
      4457 9268 4447 9238 4445 9240 4445 9242
      4438 9245 4436 9249 4436 9254 4433 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 309DEG 35KT 4458 9284

$$
1 follow-up statement
877 
WWUS53 KMPX 260055
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
755 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

MNC037-049-260100-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-100626T0100Z/
DAKOTA MN-GOODHUE MN-
755 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN GOODHUE AND EAST
CENTRAL DAKOTA COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 749 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR WELCH...OR NEAR RED WING...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GOODHUE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RADAR INDICATED THE CIRCULATION HAS WEAKENED... BUT THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR IT TO STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
THE WARNED AREA.

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4455 9300 4469 9284 4469 9272 4463 9263
      4457 9268 4447 9238 4445 9240 4445 9242
      4438 9245 4436 9249 4436 9254 4433 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 302DEG 32KT 4452 9262

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey, Washington36 min
Jun 25, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Waseca62 min
Jun 25, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue43 min
Jun 25, 7:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Sibley and 2 more3 hr
Jun 25, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Watonwan60 min
Jun 25, 7:37 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Martin, Watonwan53 min
Jun 25, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca33 min
Jun 25, 8:11 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca64 min
Jun 25, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan60 min
Jun 25, 8:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXFaribault, Martin, Watonwan3 hr
Jun 26, 4:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn and 14 more22 hr
Jun 26, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXYellow Medicine47 min
Jun 26, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine60 min
Jun 26, 4:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine4 hr
Jun 26, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine63 min
Jun 26, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine45 min
Jun 26, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Renville58 min
Jun 26, 6:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Redwood, Renville4 hr
Jun 26, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville59 min
Jun 26, 6:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod55 min
Jun 26, 6:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXBrown, McLeod, Meeker, Nicollet, Sibley6 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.